Castle Rock · Licensed center
Castle Rock Kindercare
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 258 children.
- KinderCare: public company; majority holder Partners Group (private equity).
Company news
KinderCare, the company that runs this center, reported in a federal filing that it permanently closed 49 of its early childhood centers in the six months ending July 4, 2026. It ran 1,567 of these centers at the end of that period. In the same filing, it reported closing 7 in the same six months of 2025.
The filing is about the company. It does not name which centers closed.
KinderCare’s quarterly report to the SEC, filed August 13, 2026. Shortlist last read it on November 8, 2026.
What the state has found
The state lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- August 7, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2024 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 21, 2026. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and, where it publishes one, a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.
Aug 2026 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · August 7, 2026
Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · January 21, 2026
2.213.N · Correction due January 21, 2026
Staff member responsible for children files lacking documentation of current immunization training.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that staff member responsible for children files has documentation of current immunization training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 01/21/2026
Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · February 7, 2025
2.219.B.2 · Correction due March 6, 2025
Reviewed 12 children files, 4 files lacking documentation of current health statements.
Required correction: Review all children files, ensure that all have documentation of current health statements. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/06/2025
Mar 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · March 11, 2024
2.218.B.3 · Correction due March 11, 2024
One child lacking a medication listed on health care plan from a physician.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that all children have all medications listed on health care plan. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 03/11/2024
2.230.A
One activity board labeled 3 and up in Preschool 1 classroom with children under 3 years of age present.
Where this record comes from
The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.
The file this page is built from arrived on November 8, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in November 2027.
The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.
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What staff are paid
- Teachers at Castle Rock KinderCare
- $15.65 an hourJob posting, July 2026
- Senior Teacher
- $18.30 to $22.45 an hourJob posting, August 2026
Details
- Address
- 3760 Dacoro Lane, Castle Rock, 80109
- License
- 1756420
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
What staff are paid
- Teachers at Castle Rock KinderCare — Checked October 2026 kindercare.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
- Senior Teacher — Checked October 2026 kindercare.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
Details
- Website, Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kindercare.com
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 sec.gov/…/klc-20260704.htm
From KinderCare's quarterly report to the SEC, filed August 13, 2026. sec.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,145 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 320 children. Small is 8 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.